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Whistle

Maker Northern Kuba culture
Object number2001.155
Credit LineGift of the Christensen Fund
DimensionsL.: 32.4 cm
MediumWood and raffia cord
Hunting whistle
Leele culture
Object number: 2001.156
Spherical whistle
Songo-Meno culture
Object number: 2001.154
Harp with acoustic box and eight strings
Kuba
Object number: 2001.152
Harp with five strings
Kuba
Object number: 2001.153
Image Not Available for State drum: Atumpan
State drum: Atumpan
Ghanaian
Object number: 74.27
Drum with base and handle
Ngongo culture
Object number: 2001.147
Courtesy of the Seattle Art Museum, ©
Drum belonging to a society of warriors
Ngongo culture
Object number: 2001.150
Hand-held drum
Ngongo culture
Object number: 2001.151
Magician's Rattle
Ndengese culture
Object number: 2001.204
Sorceror's whistle
Sorceror's whistle
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.830
Whistle worn as amulet
Whistle worn as amulet
Chokwe
Object number: 68.80
Image Not Available for Whistle
Whistle
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.155